Chinese symbol for “cavities”
龋病
qǔ bìng
Traditional: 齲病
dental caries; tooth decay; cavities
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cavities is 龋病 (qǔ bìng), defined as: dental caries; tooth decay; cavities.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 龋病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龋齿 (齲齒) | qǔ chǐ | tooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth |
| 防龋 (防齲) | fáng qǔ | (dentistry) to prevent tooth decay; anti-cavity; anti-caries |
| 齿龋 (齒齲) | chǐ qǔ | tooth decay; caries |
| 龋洞 (齲洞) | qǔ dòng | hole due to dental caries |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.